Harness



R. ROBERTS HARNESS Filed July 7, 1928 Jan; 29, 1929.

Patented Jan. -29, 1929.

RALPH ROBERTS, or LONDON. ENGLAND.

HARNESS. f

Application filed July V7, l192 8,`Ser a1iNo. 291,057, and vinGrreat vBritain Julyi2i5y'i1927.

This invention relates tol devices for facilivtating the mounting of riding horse or f other animal, said animal being furnished in the normal manner with a saddle, stirrups and the usual accessories.

It has for its object thel provision of a temporary auxiliary vmeans for mounting'the f animal, said means being particularly light,

' portable and unobtrusive.

l v ticular V.The act of mounting a horse,` particularly lif the horse be of a restive disposition and the rider isp'of short stature, is frequently aA l matter of considerable difficulty. Many devices, such as mounting blocks and stools, are known for overcoming this difficulty but havev the disadvantage that they are not readily portable in an unobtrustive manner` Such devicesare therefore confined to'parlocations andare not available VatV all times. Moreover, a restivev horse presents 4difficulties even in such cases.

Y The present invention consists in a hunt-A ing crop Vorwhip characterized by the feature that the flexible part of ythe whip is adapted tol be p-ass'edthrough the stirrup and connected in an easily detachable manner to the handle of the whip.

, Such a device is easily portable, Vis readily detached from the stirrup when the rider is mounted and serves a dual purpose.

The invention may be carried into effect in the following manner byway of example as hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings whereofg:-V

Figure l is an illustration of the whip and FigureQ the whip in position as an auXiliary stirrup for mounting purposes.l

According to the 4'drawings f a light L-'shaped handle l, preferably of-metah'is attached firmlyv by meansof plaiting or the like 2 aflexible leather portion 3 formed as a. series ofloops 4 terniinatingin a thinner portion or lash 5. A suitably shaped qslot- (Sis formed in the Vfree `extremity of the handle into which any one of the loops'4`45 of the -flexible portion. 5 may be placedlaccording to the/length of auxiliary stirrup required. c

l The flexible portion 3 may be formed by fastening together a. at intervals' as shown. y

.ln operation the flexible part of the device is passed through-the ordinary riding stir- YVrupV 7 and a .suitable loop fastened to the han- Y' dle portion. When 'the rider is in the saddle 55 slight pull on thelash portion will detach y thefasteningand allow the whip to be freed from the stirrup and retained by therid-er. Having now described my invention, what I'claim as new and ters Patent is zl.l A hunting crop or Whipincluding f means'for connecting the flexible part of the Whip in an easily detachable handle of thewhip.

2. A' crop or whip as claimed. in claim'l, whereinthe said means are constituted part-H ly by a suitably placed slot inthe handle portion and a loo thevvhip. V 3. A hunting crop or ywhip as claimed in claim l, wherein the said flexible portion comprises a pair of straps fastened together In testimony whereof I have signed my i name to this specification. y v I 9 RALPI-IROBERTS. y

parallel 'pair of straps 50 manner to the p in the flexible portion of p 7A0 

